Greenstone Church
- Architect
- Solon Spencer Beman
- Year
- 1882
- Style
- Romanesque
- City
- Chicago, IL
Greenstone Church, built in 1882 on Chicago's South Side, was designed by Solon Spencer Beman, the architect who planned the model industrial town of Pullman for railroad-car magnate George Pullman. The Romanesque church survives as one of Pullman's signature buildings, holding both National Historic Landmark and Chicago Landmark status.
the style
Built in 1882, Greenstone Church is Romanesque in style, part of the architectural language Solon Spencer Beman used throughout the Pullman company town he designed for George Pullman's workers.
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Solon Spencer Beman designed Greenstone Church as part of his larger commission planning Pullman, the model industrial town built for George Pullman's railroad car works; the church remains one of the best-known surviving pieces of that plan.
significance
Greenstone Church holds both National Historic Landmark and Chicago Landmark status, recognition tied to its place within the Pullman Historic District, one of the country's most complete surviving planned industrial towns.
nearby
- Greater Tabernacle Cathedral (Former Holy Rosary Catholic Church)
- Stephen Foster House and Stable
- West Pullman Elementary School
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